# AI news for Sunday, Nov 8, 2026

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## AI;DR

- Anthropic arranged a $3.4B agreement, first reported by the Financial Times, to generate natural-gas electricity for its data centers. The deal is meant to secure stable power for its AI operations. ([story](https://aidr.today/2283a458?lang=en))
- Hedge funds extended their AI-stock selling streak to six weeks, dumping about $20B in technology shares while cutting net leverage to 73.4%. The retreat left them underweight the broader AI trade for the first time since early 2023. ([story](https://aidr.today/f9b3b0e7?lang=en))
- Apple’s CEO is pressing the company’s software chief to pursue a more ambitious AI strategy. The push signals concern that Apple’s current software-led AI approach needs to accelerate. ([story](https://aidr.today/1f9639d5?lang=en))
- Claude Code’s “Don’t Ask Again” feature exposed passwords in 1,122 public GitHub files. The incident highlights supply-chain and security risks from coding agents that build, use, and ship code. ([story](https://aidr.today/10bdc730?lang=en))
- Llama-modchip runs the 284B DeepSeek-V4-Flash model on 64GB of RAM without a GPU, at up to 44.4 tok/s for prompt processing. The project points to practical CPU-only inference for large models. ([story](https://aidr.today/55858f2b?lang=en))
- Anthropic’s AI progress per dollar fell 63% between the first halves of 2025 and 2026 as R&D spending outpaced capability gains, according to METR. Annual progress nearly doubled, but the efficiency decline shows rising costs. ([story](https://aidr.today/6974f2d7?lang=en))
- Meta halted a planned second round of November job cuts after AI-driven work pushed major technical and security incidents up 40%. Code changes rose 220% year over year, but only 36% produced new or improved user features. ([story](https://aidr.today/d5e1f656?lang=en))
- Alibaba’s Co-Design Bench found that even GPT-6 Astra, its top coding-agent performer, fully solved only 26.4% of real-world tasks. Humans still need to clean up nearly three in four tasks, despite scores above 99% on older benchmarks. ([story](https://aidr.today/569d529b?lang=en))
- Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa plans to pause new data-center permits until lawmakers create rules requiring taxes and union labor. Developers must also guarantee projects will not raise electricity prices or reduce local water availability; CoreWeave seeks to collaborate. ([story](https://aidr.today/631dfd7e?lang=en))
- Anthropic-backed AI-safety super PAC Public First spent more than $63M in the 2026 midterms, with 10 of 17 endorsed congressional candidates winning. A Signal-organized coalition also beat the $100M super PAC Leading the Future. ([story](https://aidr.today/17f7e01f?lang=en))
- Inner Mongolia is becoming China’s fastest-growing AI data-center region, helped by low construction costs and no public backlash. A wind-powered campus targets 800MW, with 120MW built in one year and an 800V DC cooling pilot underway. ([story](https://aidr.today/4f9cd86a?lang=en))
- OpenAI’s disproof of the Exponential Time Hypothesis could eventually speed up chip design and break encryption. Russell Impagliazzo, a co-proposer of the hypothesis, called the result “shocking news.” ([story](https://aidr.today/5ba1a436?lang=en))
- Beijing-based GenRobot AI raised $100M in a Series A+ round. The company develops equipment and software that collect human demonstrations for training robots, providing data infrastructure for robot development. ([story](https://aidr.today/0485a50b?lang=en))
- A study by Anthropic researcher Andy Hall found that GPT-5 detected about 98% of reward-hacking cases by other agents. More exhaustive monitoring also produced more false alarms, leaving AI checks unreliable for now.
- Unitree CEO Wang Xingxing says the company’s humanoid robots, powered by a GPT-6 chip, can now paint and play chess without training. The claim reflects the company’s view that its robots can handle these skills automatically. ([story](https://aidr.today/d995d7e9?lang=en))

## Ranked stories

1. [Anthropic Signs $3.4B Deal for Gas-Fired Data Center Power](https://aidr.today/2283a458?lang=en) — Infra · huggingnews.com
   Anthropic has arranged a $3.4B agreement to generate electricity from natural gas to power its data centers. The deal aims to ensure a stable energy supply for the company's artificial intelligence operations and computing infrastructure.
2. [Apple CEO Presses Software Chief to Pursue More Ambitious AI Strategy](https://aidr.today/1f9639d5?lang=en) — Industry · bloomberg.com
3. [Hedge Funds Extend AI Stock Selling to Six Weeks in Biggest 20 Day Exit](https://aidr.today/f9b3b0e7?lang=en) — Industry · marketbrief.now
   Hedge funds have extended their selling of global AI stocks to six consecutive weeks, with the last 20 trading days seeing the largest liquidation on record. Goldman Sachs prime brokerage data shows that in October, hedge funds cut net leverage by 4.2 percentage points to 73.4% and sold approximately $20 billion in technology shares over two weeks. This retreat has pushed hedge funds underweight …
4. [Llama-modchip: 284B DeepSeek on 64GB RAM, no GPU](https://aidr.today/55858f2b?lang=en) — Open Source · github.com
   Llama-modchip allows running 284B DeepSeek-V4-Flash and 30B MoEs on a 64GB CPU with no GPUs. The setup supports a 256K context window.
5. [Anthropic's AI Progress Per Dollar Drops 63% as R&D Spending Outpaces Capability Gains](https://aidr.today/6974f2d7?lang=en) — Research · marketbrief.now
   Anthropic's AI progress per dollar fell 63% between the first halves of 2025 and 2026 as R&D spending outpaced capability gains, according to an analysis of METR data. METR estimated that benchmark progress on the lab's capability index has accelerated 1.9x since October 2025. The AI 2027 forecast tracker updated its estimates to place Anthropic's unreleased Model 4 six weeks ahead of its project…
6. [Meta Curbs AI Labor Shift After Technical Incidents Rise 40%](https://aidr.today/d5e1f656?lang=en) — Industry · marketbrief.now
   Meta is slowing its transition toward using artificial intelligence to replace human employees after automation led to a 40% increase in technical and security incidents. The company halted a planned second round of workforce reductions for November following an internal initiative, Project OT, which aimed to shift responsibilities to AI agents. Internal metrics showed that while AI tools increas…
7. [AI coding agents still need human cleanup on nearly three out of four tasks in a real-world test](https://aidr.today/569d529b?lang=en) — Agents · the-decoder.com
   In a real-world test using Alibaba's Co-Design Bench, AI coding agents required human cleanup on nearly three out of four tasks. The top performer, GPT-6 Astra, fully solved only 26.4 percent of tasks, despite scoring above 99 percent on older benchmarks.
8. [Microsoft Patents AI Tool to Rewrite Spoken Words and Lip Movements in Livestreams](https://aidr.today/f53d3359?lang=en) — Products · marketbrief.now
   Microsoft has patented an AI tool designed to rewrite spoken words and lip movements in livestreams in near real time. The technology can tailor broadcasts to a viewer's age, language, or location by substituting audio and video content to remove filler words, censor swearing, or create personalized messages.
9. [Texas Governor-Elect to Require Union Labor, Taxes for New Data Center Approvals](https://aidr.today/631dfd7e?lang=en) — Regulation · marketbrief.now
   Texas Governor-Elect Gina Hinojosa plans to halt new construction permits for the state's data center industry until new regulatory laws are established. The proposed requirements include mandating union labor and taxes for newly permitted facilities, alongside guarantees that projects do not increase electricity prices or reduce local water availability. The moratorium will not apply to faciliti…
10. [Tencent AI Chief Warns Advanced Systems May Soon Be Able to Cause Biological Harm](https://aidr.today/eddc85ed?lang=en) — Industry · marketbrief.now
   Tencent chief AI scientist Yao Shunyu warned that artificial intelligence systems may soon reach reasoning and coding levels that allow them to cause real-world harm in biological and cyber realms. Yao also suggested Tencent may not open-source its Hunyuan model if it becomes the top global AI model, noting that openness is often used by models not yet in a leading position to attract developers.
11. [Apple Widens Lead as Most Valuable Company After Nvidia Falls Nearly 27% From Peak](https://aidr.today/2c06f281?lang=en) — Industry · marketbrief.now
12. [Anthropic-backed AI safety super PAC Public First spent $63M+ in the 2026 midterms, and 10 of the 17 congressional candidates it backed won their elections (Emily Birnbaum/Bloomberg)](https://aidr.today/17f7e01f?lang=en) — Regulation · techmeme.com
13. [Claude Code's "Don't Ask Again" exposes passwords in 1,122 public GitHub files](https://aidr.today/10bdc730?lang=en) — Tools · apiiro.com
14. [How a small, wealthy AI-safety network that organized in Signal chats grew into a coalition that beat the $100M super PAC Leading the Future in the midterms (Politico)](https://aidr.today/660bd535?lang=en) — Regulation · techmeme.com
15. [Micron's $4.5B Taiwan Memory Plant Stays Frozen as Labor Talks End Without Deal](https://aidr.today/8aa14091?lang=en) — Chips · marketbrief.now
16. [Milei Targets Argentine Patagonia for Large-Scale Unregulated AI Hub](https://aidr.today/72822161?lang=en) — Infra · marketbrief.now
17. [Inside Inner Mongolia, China's fastest-growing AI data center region, where construction is accelerating with low building cost and no public backlash (SemiAnalysis)](https://aidr.today/4f9cd86a?lang=en) — Infra · techmeme.com
18. [China Verifies World's First 1,000-km Bidirectional Hollow-Core Fiber Link](https://aidr.today/f5d2a316?lang=en) — Infra · marketbrief.now
19. [Incoming Senate Foreign Relations Chair Vows Probe Into Nvidia CEO's Alleged Chinese Spy Ties](https://aidr.today/ed084c69?lang=en) — Regulation · marketbrief.now
20. [Beijing-based GenRobot AI, which develops equipment and software for collecting human demonstrations that can be used to train robots, raised a $100M Series A+ (TechNode)](https://aidr.today/0485a50b?lang=en) — Funding · techmeme.com
21. [Major environmental groups are embracing AI to analyze climate data, track forest fires, and more, even as they warn of the environmental impact of data centers (Valerie Volcovici/Reuters)](https://aidr.today/7ce58d0e?lang=en) — Infra · techmeme.com
22. [Show HN: Maple – Sub-2-BPW Moe Pruning to Run Gemma 4 26B at 45 TPS on a 6GB GPU](https://aidr.today/9cc8c1ca?lang=en) — Open Source · github.com
23. [The inventor of the bitter lesson has a bitter lesson for LLM scaling enthusiasts](https://aidr.today/1d9b2433?lang=en) — Research · the-decoder.com
24. [CEO Unitree tuyên bố robot hình người của hãng có thể thành thạo vẽ tranh, chơi cờ mà không cần huấn luyện](https://aidr.today/d995d7e9?lang=en) — Products · genk.vn
25. [Nvidia Executive Madison Huang Abruptly Cancels Trip to South Korea](https://aidr.today/7fd8a1b0?lang=en) — Industry · marketbrief.now
26. [Bloomington City Council Outlaws Superintelligent AI in Unanimous Vote](https://aidr.today/c00dbf90?lang=en) — Regulation · marketbrief.now
27. [Exponential Time Hypothesis co-proposer Russell Impagliazzo calls OpenAI's disproof "shocking news"; it could one day speed up chip design and break encryption (Cade Metz/New York Times)](https://aidr.today/5ba1a436?lang=en) — Research · techmeme.com
28. [Andrej Karpathy built a curated video platform in a weekend using Claude and 20 years of Hacker News](https://aidr.today/998b2452?lang=en) — Products · the-decoder.com
29. [The brain-as-computer metaphor shaped modern AI but may be misleading the consciousness debate](https://aidr.today/754db708?lang=en) — Research · the-decoder.com
30. [Hermes Agent Leads Reliability Ranking on Updated AI Coding Harness Leaderboard](https://aidr.today/cd19a180?lang=en) — Tools · marketbrief.now
31. [World Models Will Soon Be Inescapable. Here’s What You Need to Know](https://aidr.today/2092e59a?lang=en) — Models · wired.com
32. [Envision Group Builds 800MW Wind-Powered Data Center in Inner Mongolia](https://aidr.today/a750d9a1?lang=en) — Infra · marketbrief.now
33. [Microsoft Researcher John Langford Exits. AI Frontiers Group Declared Finished](https://aidr.today/7de4655e?lang=en) — Industry · businessexaminer.ca
34. [Megaspeed exec was recruited to spy on Nvidia CEO, according to US intelligence memo](https://aidr.today/4e392e0a?lang=en) — Industry · techcrunch.com
35. [Agent memory needs its OpenTelemetry moment](https://aidr.today/96571aa3?lang=en) — Frameworks · lorekit.io
36. [Rebuilding some Indieweb Tools with Claude](https://aidr.today/d26447b8?lang=en) — Tools · aaronparecki.com
37. [MoE Routing Strategies Explained: Top-K, Expert-Choice, Sigmoid Gating and Dynamic Routing (2026 Guide)](https://aidr.today/af7aff3d?lang=en) — Research · marktechpost.com
38. [The End of AI Frontiers](https://aidr.today/8017ce29?lang=en) — Research · hunch.net
39. [Goodbye Claude, Hello Pi](https://aidr.today/149c124f?lang=en) — Tools · caleb.software
40. [I will not be using LLMs in my coding](https://aidr.today/30f305e8?lang=en) — Models · polso.info
41. [Người đàn ông 54 tuổi tự học AI, làm phim ngắn hút 6,6 tỷ lượt xem: Hé lộ đội ngũ đứng sau gồm tài xế công nghệ, nội trợ, nhân viên văn phòng](https://aidr.today/2a451c64?lang=en) — Industry · genk.vn
42. [Catching prompt injections hidden in PDFs](https://aidr.today/3bf8c2e4?lang=en) — Data · tomclancy.info
43. [datasette \#3046: Don't serve link: rel=next HTTP headers to Firefox for HTML pages](https://aidr.today/fe1f6a98?lang=en) — Open Source · simonwillison.net
44. [I’m not a fan of Deno’s security model (2024)](https://aidr.today/64d6a4ef?lang=en) — Releases · goldstein.lol
45. [How to Run NVIDIA Dory 4B with llama.cpp: Loop by Loop Guide](https://aidr.today/57571dc1?lang=en) — Frameworks · marktechpost.com

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